diff --git a/brltty.spec b/brltty.spec
index 7f72264..e4292c9 100644
--- a/brltty.spec
+++ b/brltty.spec
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ done
 %install
 make install #install-programs install-help install-tables install-drivers install-manpage
 install -m 644 Documents/brltty.conf "${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}"
-rm ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/usr/bin/xbrlapi # whatever this is, we exclude it for now
+rm -f ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/usr/bin/xbrlapi # whatever this is, we exclude it for now
 
 %clean
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT